Tire-holder and trunk.



I11S.SUTHEMmmm.- TIRE HOLDER AND TRUNK. APPLIoATIoN' FILED- Jmizv, 1909. 951,553a Patented June M, ww.

P. S. SUTHERGREEN.

TIRE HOLDER AND TRUNK,

APFLIQATION FILED JAN. 27. 1909.

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Tran-HOLDER AND TRUNK.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented June 14, 1910.

applicative ined ianuarypzv, 1909.Y serial No. 474,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC S. SUTHER- GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of EsseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tire-Holders and Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combinedgtire' holder and trunk for use on automobiles and other vehicles employing detachable tires, the object of the invention being to provide a trunk or carrying case the construction of which adapts it to be swung on hinges at the and tohold one or more tires in position thereon while guarding eficiently against the surreptitious removaliof the tires by unauthorized persons. With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partsA herein fully' described and claimed.

In the accompan ing drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevationo the combined tire holder and trunk shown in its normal pbsition of application to an automobile. Fig. 2 is an inner face view thereof, showing the holder and trunk swuig outwardV to one side to permit a person to alight from or enter an automobile, portions of the machine beingVr shown in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical diametrical section through the combined tire holder and trunk on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the same.

, The trunk or. carrying case which also forms the holder for eXtra tires, is in the formof a shallow and hollow cylinder as best indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, the same comprising a cylindrical body or rim 1 and disk shaped heads 2 and 3 which normally close the opposite sides thereof. The inner head 2 is'preferably formed in one piece, while the outer head in order to give access to the interior of the trunk or case embodies hinged semi-circular sections 4 and 5 which constitute the doors of the trunk or case, the same being connected at their inner adj acefit edges by means of hin'ges 6 to av center strip or section 7 which.is secured rigidly and immovably in place by means of head fastening bolts 8. The strap or section 7 is preferably'held in place by a pair of such bolts 8 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the heads of said bolts bearing against the strip or sec tion 7 while the other ends have nuts 9 .edges of the front and back 2 threaded thereon, said nuts being preferably of the mill or thumb type to permit of their ready removal in order that the bolts 8 may be withdrawn and the entire front head 3 of the trunk or case removed. The construction. described also enables the hinged y sections Vor doors, 4 to be swung outward from the full line-position of Fig. 4 to dotted line positionindicated inf the same figure. This permits the trunk or carrying case to be readily filled withfany desired luggage Each of the hinged sections 4 is also p rovided with a button 10 by means of which it may be secured in a closed position as shown in Figt 4..

In order to adapt the trunk or carrying case to be used as a tire holder, the marginal tended beyond the outer periphery of the body l to form flanges 11 and 12 between which one or more extra tires indicated at 13 may be placed as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, said tires being confined between the flanges 11 and l2, therebyfpreventing their removal except by opening the hinged sections or doors 4 and 5. It may be stated atthis pointtha.t-any suitable locking device maybe employed for preventing the hinged sections or doors being opened by unauthorized persons. By swinging the doors or hinged sections outward to the dotted line section shown in Fig. 4 the doors 13 may be readily removed from the holder and as easily replaced thereon.

On its inner side, the holder is rovided with a hinge knuckle 14 having an arcuate leaf or extension 15 which is Screwed 0r otherwise secured to the inner `head of the trunk or carrying case as shown in Fig. 2. Associated with the hinge knuckle are upper and lower brackets 16 and 17 respectively, the latter being provided with pintles 1S and 19 which enter the opposite ends of the knuckle 14 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The brackets 16 and 17 are secured to convenient parts of the automobile chassis and are located in such position as to enable the combined holder and trunk to be swun to the position shown in Fig. 2. In the position shown in Fig. 1 the device obstructs the entrance Way to the front seats vof the machine but when the device is swungwoutward to the position shown in Fig. 2 such passageway is left unobstructed, thus giv ing ready access to the front seats of the machine.

and 3 are eX- 20 designates *alatch having a hinged connectionat'21' with the back of the holder,

said latch bein adapted to engage a keeper 22 on the das board ofthe machine and said keeper being-preferably in the form of an eye whichis also ada ted toreceive a hook 23 carried by the late thus forming a Vdouble lock which is not liable to jar loose and allow the device to swing unintention- -lin order to admit of extra larg articles being placed in the trunk or carrying case,

the bolts 8 permit the entire front to be removed and replaced and securely fastened.

I claim 1. A combined tire holder anditrunk embodying a cylindrical body, adapted to fit Within adetachable tire and provided 'with circumferential flan es at opposite sides which projectbeyon Ithe perlphery of the od means adapting one of said flanges to the holder in'an upri tially asdescribed.

-2. A'combine'd tire holder and trunk having the ',form of ahollow cylinder, a head at oneside'of said Acylinder extended beyond the periphery-'of vthe"v cylindrical body "to form a circumferential ila-nge, 'a head at the opposite side of `"the "body extended' to form a circumferential:flange projecting beyond the periphery of? bodyfone lof said heads being remnfableI and "la Slppo't' for "said holder fastened 'to' "one 'of ithe'h'eads thereof and rtov the vehicle and 'adapted' to maintain the holder irifan uprig t"position,'s'ubstan t'ially'asdescribedf i 3.."A comb idftire holder and trunk em-` bodying a 'hollowcylindrieal body, heads at opposite sides 'thereof-"having 'their marginal edges extended 'beyondtheperiphery o? the bod to form tire retai'ing'iianges, one -of saidy heads embodying 'a'V hinged section which lincludes a portion of one of the etached from the body, and a support.l for s'aidholder` fastened to the back thereof and to thevehicle and adapted to maintain ght position, substani the center' 'strip or section af anges, said hinged section .being vadapted to swing outward to Vadmit of-theplacing of a tire aroundthe body, of the holder landthe removal ofv such `tire therefrom.

prising a 4hollow cylindrical i body, heads at opposite sides thereof projecting beyond 4the louter peri `lieryof the body to form 4rtire retaining anges, means for hinging ysaid body on a substantially vertical axis to allowv` `the same to swing in a vrsubstantially khorizontal plane, and means for shifting a portion of one of said hea'ds to admit of the application and removal of a tire. 'i

,5,0 4. -A combined -tire holder and trunk com- 5. A combined tire holder and trunk for l to permit ,the u A tial y 'horizontal p ane, and@ fllSel-ligy de' .vice fory connecting alporti'onof "said holder.'

to the yehicle'tfo swinging movementl 6. `A` combined tire holder yand trunk for lthe purpose ecifi'ed'coxiprising a hollen1 cylindiear bo. y; heads'ppliedw the 0pthe" eripliery tlli'eljedfto formv tire retainins enges Ons'bf Sfa'd beads. pmpris'ing f1 cente strip qr'sgctipfbovlt passim Lthlwu h vsaid 'strip'. or' sectionv and" conn te: oppositehead,` o tli'e ct ns hinged-to "embodying portions of onfeofsai'dtiiierefaining flanges.

jwith't e In testimony I aii'ar signature' i CHESTER S. TAYLOR,

\M.AAR`QARET M. SUTHERGREEN. 

